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  Project to offer free surgeries for acid attack victims

  India | February 24, 2016 16:25 IST

  Mumbai: Several organisations have come together to carry out 100 free-of-cost plastic surgeries for the acid attack and burn victims.'Project Revive' will be undertaken in Delhi-NCR from March 1 to March 12, wherein victims from

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  Acid-like substance rubbed on tribal activist Soni Sori's face in Chhattisgarh

  India | February 21, 2016 9:52 IST

  Raipur:  Three unidentified men allegedly hurled acid like chemical tonight on tribal activist and Aam Adami Party (AAP) leader Soni Sori in Chhattisgarh's Maoist-hit Dantewada district, police said.The incident took place near Jawanga village under

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  Russian woman injured in acid attack in Varanasi

  India | November 13, 2015 17:10 IST

  Varanasi: A 23-year-old Russian national was today injured in an acid attack allegedly by her boyfriend following a quarrel between them.The woman was rushed to Sir Sunder Lal Hospital of BHU, where she is undergoing

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  UP CM Akhilesh Yadav visits cafe run by acid attack victims in Agra, assures help

  Politics | September 21, 2015 14:03 IST

  Agra: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took his time out to visit the Sheroes Hang-Out, a cafe near the Taj Mahal run by acid attack victims, and assured all help to them

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  Swati Maliwal meets acid attack victims, assures support

  India | July 24, 2015 22:59 IST

  New Delhi:  Even as the file related to her appointment as DCW chief was rejected by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today, Swati Maliwal went to meet acid attack victims in south Delhi and assured them

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  Delhi polls: Stopping acid attacks on women among top issues in Seemapuri

  Politics | February 03, 2015 14:09 IST

  New Delhi: The issue of women safety in national capital is weighing on the minds of northeast Delhi voters, thanks to the rising number of acid attack cases in Seemapuri assembly constituency of this region.Locals

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  When they fail to rape our souls... they used ACID!

  Life | December 25, 2014 14:26 IST

  A child if born has the right to live, being fed, taken care of, get educated and be protected, but does that really happen.... in India?Yesterday, the national capital witnessed a goring incident, where acid

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  Acid attack on electricity department official in Noida

  India | September 20, 2014 23:23 IST

  New Delhi: Power cut  along with the rising price of electricity is a regular feature in IndiaA recent incident in Noida sent shockwaves to the city as well as the electricity department, when an electricity

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  Friend throws acid on Nigerian student's face only because she was good looking

  World | January 07, 2014 13:40 IST

  Stratford, UK : A 21-year-old girl Naomi Oni suffered horrific burns on her face and chest, lost her hair and eyelashes and was left scarred for life when one of her close friends threw acid

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  Three injured after acid attack in Haryana

  India | October 07, 2013 7:14 IST

  Chandigarh: At least three members of a family, including a seven-month old female child, sustained serious burn injuries when unidentified assailants threw acid on them at their house in Haryana's Sonipat town, police said.The injured,

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  Acid attack on Punjab Cong leader's wife

  India | October 05, 2013 11:42 IST

  Jalandhar : A Punjab Congress leader's wife was seriously injured when two unidentified persons allegedly threw acid on her in Variyam Nagar here today, police said.50-year-old Jitender Kaur, wife of Punjab Pradesh Congress leader Rashpal

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  Know five most heinous acid attack cases in India

  India | July 11, 2014 7:42 IST

  New Delhi: In a male dominated society like India, most of the women have been facing exploitation and oppression  at every step of  their lives. A women has to face endless difficulties throughout her life.

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  Acid attack: Maharashtra recommended CBI probe in June

  India | August 06, 2013 21:03 IST

  Mumbai, Aug 6: The Maharashtra government had recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the acid attack on New Delhi nurse Preeti Rathi when she came to Mumbai to take up a government

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  Make acid attack offence non-bailable, SC tells Centre, states; hikes compensation

  India | July 18, 2013 14:33 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 18: The Supreme Court today directed states and Union Territories to frame rules to regulate sale of acids and other corrosive substances within three months and make acid attack a non-bailable offence.The

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  Woman, daughter wounded in acid attack

  India | July 18, 2013 6:46 IST

  Chennai, July 18:  A dispute over a property turned violent in Tamil Nadu Wednesday as a 24-year-old man attacked a woman neighbour and her daughter with acid injuring both of them, said police. The accused

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  Haryana acid attack victim gets Rs.20 lakh for surgery

  India | June 20, 2013 16:21 IST

  Chandigarh, June 20: A girl volleyball player, who became the victim of an acid attack in Haryana's Rohtak town last year, will be given Rs.20 lakh by the state government for her plastic surgery, a

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  Girl's cornea damaged after exam cheaters spray acid on 4 sisters in UP

  India | April 04, 2013 22:43 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 4: The acid attack victim Isha Jahan will get free treatment at Delhi's Gangaram  Hospital for her eye injuries after miscreants sprayed acid on her face in Shamli near UP's Muzaffarnagar town.Isha

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  Anti-rape bill punishes acid attack, disrobing: Shinde

  Politics | March 21, 2013 18:45 IST

  New Delhi, March 21: The anti-rape bill has provided for specific punishment for crimes such as acid attack, disrobing and voyeurism, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Thursday, adding that the legislation was not against men.Replying

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  Pakistani Dancing Girl Leaps To Death In Rome After Her Face Was Disfigured In Acid Attack

  World | March 29, 2012 14:31 IST

  Rome, March 29: A Pakistani former dancing girl has committed suicide in Rome 12 years after her face was heavily disfigured in an acid attack in Pakistan. Fakhra Younus, 33, leapt to her death from

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  Mumbai College Principal Disallows Acid Attack Survivor To Talk To Students

  India | September 04, 2011 18:03 IST

  Mumbai, Sept 4: The principal of a prominent Mumbai co-ed college gas refused to let a survivor of an acid attack by her husband start a fellowship with the college, afraid her interaction with students